Osteoblasts are important cells in bone formation and, therefore, agents stimulating osteoblastic bone formation would have potential activity of anti-osteoporosis. In order to exploit novel and effective medicines preventing and treating osteoporosis and to promote the modernization of anti-osteoporostic Chinese Traditional Compound Medicines (CTCM), osteoblast-like UMR106 cells were employed as an in vitro model for investigating anti-osteoporostic medicines. The cell proliferation and differen...